The Creditinfo Chronicle
Almar's Monthly
Time for a spring clean!
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!
Spring is traditionally a time when we declutter, clean up and finish things off, getting ready for the next 9 months of the year. Did you know spring cleaning is good for you?
In April, why not…
- Save time – Make the effort to declutter and organise your office and your own work space, as it can save you lots of time looking for (lost) items in the future. Tidy up your desk drawer – you will be surprised what you find in there, that you’ve not seen since the last time you cleared it out. This may even make you a little more productive.
- Improve your health – Blast out the antibacterial wipes and clean your phone, PC/Laptop, , After all we are all guilty of eating at our desks from time to time. Clean your keyboard and give your screen a squirt of screen cleaner. Less germs means a healthier you!
- Be Less stressed – organising your work space can make you feel less stressed as it makes it a more comfortable space to be in and easier to get things done. You could even organise your PC/Laptops … do you need all those desktop shortcuts? What about organising your Office documents and emails too?
- Be Happy – A tidy office is a happy office – well that’s what the experts say.
Happy Spring Cleaning!
All the best,
Almar
Welcome to the Creditinfo Family!
Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gunnar joined Creditinfo Iceland in February 2016 as the Director of Risk, but little did you know, he was also once the Icelandic champion in Backgammon.
Gunnar has a PhD in mathematics from Kaliforn- íuháskóla in Santa Barbara and an MA degree from the same school.
Congratulations to Ieva
Ieva Bieliunaite, Marketing Manager for Creditinfo International gave birth to a baby girl in the evening of Wednesday 24th February 2016. Ieva and her partner Deividas have named the baby Ema. (We know someone in the company who thinks this is a great choice of name!) Ieva told us “We are all super happy and feeling great!” We send our very best wishes to Ieva and and her family.
Fraud Risk Assessment, the Process, getting it right
Nolan Williams is a consultant and global expert in Operational, safety, security and Fraud risk management services. On Thursday, 25th February 2016 we had a pleasure to introduce him as a speaker of Creditinfo Academy.
Dressing up for Charity
Creditinfo Malta raising money for Hospice Malta (see link below).
What a lovely looking and somewhat crazy bunch we have in Malta! 🙂
Corporate Social Responsibility
This month, Reynir was pleased to receive a letter from Yevgeniy Momsikov. Yevgeniy is from Kazakhstan and is sponsored by Creditinfo to further his studies in USA. He is currently living in Boston, Massachusetts with a number of other students close to Harvard University, where he is studying. Yevgeniy has joined the Adams Society debate club having now improved his English language capabilities over the time spent in USA. Yevgeniy expressed his gratitude to Reynir in the letter for Creditinfo’s support in providing him not only with a memorable experience, but in also opening his horizons through this opportunity.
We wish Yevgeniy all the best and lots of success in his studies and future.
Meet some of our colleagues in Latvia
As you know, in January we told you about the developments of the CBS system designed for Latvia. So we thought you’d like to meet some of the team and if you have any questions about this or in general, you can contact them at info@kib.lv
Currently, the team is just 6 people:
Martin Paupers, Product Product and Process Development Manager (pictured far Left)
Janis TImermanis, CEO (2nd from left), Ligia Greiere, Customer Service Manager (2nd from right)
Intars Mikelsons, Sales & Business Development Manager (Far Right),
Brigita Mironova, Direct Sales Manager (not pictured) and Peteris Reiters, Customer Service (not pictured)
The Creditinfo Family is growing – Now more than 400 employees
In the last 3 years, we have more than doubled our number of employees, through acquisitions, new start ups, new partnerships and our original offices growing in strength and requiring more staff to cope with the increased work load.
Many of our staff have been with the organisation more than 7 years, some well in excess of a decade. Not only do we have a loyal core team, we also have some very experienced and knowledgeable people.
Monitoring Product launched in Iceland
Creditinfo Iceland have launched a new product this month for companies to monitor their customers. Our customer just uploads the social security numbers of their customers and will receive an email once a day about any changes as well as having an online dashboard where they can see all of the information.
Players of the Month – Creditinfo Academy Speakers in Kenya
This month, Creditinfo Kenya, successfully held a Creditinfo Academy 2 day training session on “Improving your credit risk management through innovative credit bureau solutions”. Our speakers (pictured L to R below) were Agata Szydlowska, Alexandra Aproiants, Dmitry Borodin and Dmitry Batygin. Continue reading »
3rd Regional CIS Conference in Kenya
Credit Information Sharing association (CIS) regional conferences are held in Nairobi to help create awareness on the developments of CIS in Kenya and the region. This is a 2 day regional conference arranged by CIS Kenya, followed by a 2 day National Business Community Summit.
Þórhallur Jóhannsson joined the Creditinfo family as Chief Finance Officer for the Group
On the 15th February, Þórhallur Jóhannsson joined the Creditinfo family as Chief Finance Officer for the Group. We have to admit, we took rather a long time in finding the right person, but we believe it was worth the wait. This means that Tryggvi can finally go back to focusing on the Icelandic operation. We are grateful for him for basically doing two jobs at the same time and feel a bit (but only a bit!) guilty about taking so long in making the change.
Central bank of Belarus presented Creditinfo model for commercial banks
The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus recently presented the Creditinfo developed credit score in a specialized banking magazine.
Winning in Morocco – Sign agreement
On Wednesday 17th February, Creditinfo and Bank Al-Maghrib (the Moroccan central bank), represented by its Managing Director (pictured centre), signed the new delegation management contract related to the Moroccan Credit Bureau, this agreement allows Creditinfo to continue the operation of the Moroccan credit bureau for a period of 25 years, and to provide banks; finance institutions and microfinance institutions with credit information on consumers and companies through standard Credit reports in addition to value added products that should be implemented in the coming months. Kristinn (Kiddi) Agnarsson, Head of Credit Bureau Exoansion signed on behalf of Creditinfo (pictured left).
Creditinfo Kenya and HELB partnership launch
Joint Press Release by HELB and CreditInfo CRB Kenya Ltd – Nairobi 4th February 2016
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) together with the Creditinfo CRB Kenya Ltd (CIK) have launched strategic a partnership that aims to support HELB to make faster, better and more informed credit decisions, champion responsible lending, promote financial inclusion and facilitate expansion of credit to the education sector. The partnership will be a first of its kind in Kenya meaning that HELB can use credit scoring and other Creditinfo CRB systems and services to lend to mature students who may already be employed and who have credit profiles at the CRB. Continue reading »
